Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-21
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. O'BRIEN IN GREAT PERIL. Nearly Killed By An Orange
 Mob.
 THE WAR ON TRADES UNIONS A Bitter Struggle Begun At
 Chicago. THOUSANDS OUT ON STRIKE. Two Million Dollars Van
 ishes in Smoke.
THOUSANDS OUT ON STRIKE.
o,RRIEN DRIVEN TO BAY.

Pursued by Rowling Mob of Orange
 men He is Forced to Take Refuge
 fin the House of a Protestant Gentle.
 man.
 KINGSTON, Ont, May 20.-A large crowd
 assembled at the railroad station when the
 train bearing the Irish agitators arrived.
 The party was driven to the Burnet House
 on Ontario street, where a crowd assembled.
 Among the first to shake MT. O Brien's hands
 were w. D. Morris of Ottawa, a Protestant,
 and Mr. Cameron of Deseronto, an Orange
 man. Troops were held in readiness in their
 barrcks. On arriving at the skating rink on Johnston street where the meeting was held, crowds, all O'Brien sympathizers, were found gathered around the building and along the sidewalk. Policemen armed with revolvers stole up and down under the shady trees which line the street and forbade any body to block the entrance to the hall The audience which assembled to hear Mir. 'Brien numbered twelve hundred persons, many of whom were women and all of whom listened attentively. They were we'll dressed and apparently intelligent.
 When MT. O'Brien had concluded his speech the unexpected and somewhat omin- ous calm was for the first time broken. It was 9:3O when Dennis Kilbrids began his statement and then the first noise was heard outside the hall on Johnson street where several hundred men and boys collected cry ing "God Save the Queen" and grooming for O'Brien. Every cheer which went up inside the hall was answered by a loud roar and an angry response from without. The crowd outside had now swollen to immense DOT tions. Mir. O'Brien's friends hurried him to the front and he stepped on to the sidewalk, wearing the usual tall hat. The monu- ment the Orangemen on the opposite side of the street saw them they raised savage yells and with cries of "There he is," rushed across the street. Broken stones and cobble stones then began flying like hail. The women screamed and general confusion reigned. "Ah, they're at it again." said MT. O'Brin in a tone of regret, more than of anger. "Yes, yes,' roared the mob, ''there he is; drag him out here on the street. Kill himi Choak him Tear him asunder!" and they almost bust through MT. O'B1ien's bodyguard, which consisted of American special cores pondents and officers of the local National league man changed hats with MT. O'Brien as that worn by the latter had fur nished a target for the mob, and as the party doubled into Wilmington street another shower of bricks and broken stones came crashing through the crowd. MT. O'Brien and his friends bent their heads, but received the missiles on the body. MT. O'Brien took refuge in the house of John Protestant on Midway street, and the door was shut and barred. His friends rushed around to the rear of the house, but were intercepted by the mob and forced to flee. The mob next rushed to the Burnett House thinking MT. O'Brien was there, shouting ''To hell with home rule," etc. Although NIT. O'Brien was not there they fired volleys of stones at the windows and groaned and yelled to their hearts contents. The office of the Canadian Freeman, the Irish Catholic organ on Brock street, was wrecked.
 Two hours had elapsed since the first at tack and nobody knew where MT. O'Brien was He was soon discovered. Peter Del win, who lives at Wellington and William street, stole down to Chief of Police Horsey and said: "Mr. O'Brien is safe with me-" 'Thank -God," ex- claimed the crowd. Chief Horsey with Mayor Carson, six policemen and Will liam Hardy of the locomotive works then went to Devlin's house and brought MT. O'Brien to the Burnett House. Mir. O'Brien reached Mir. Devlin's house in this way. An alleyway near Newman's offered shelter just as Maurice Hogan had changed hats with O'Brien as stone had struck O'Brien on the neck and just as a big powerful man with club was going to cleave open his skull. The house of an Orangemen named Dennelly adjoined this alley on the other side and MT. O'Brien got in there and was finally smuggled backwards to Devlin's house while the Orange mob outside were yelling for his blood. The Mayor offered Mr. O'Brien protection, but he declined it, saying he thought it was rather late for that.
 The police behaved during the riot much the same as ths officers had at Toronto. MT. O'Brien and party start tomorrow for Ham ilton where meeting will be held on Mon day. He will spend Sunday at Niagara FeI1a